carrot
/'kærət/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A root vegetable: A long, thin, orange-colored root that is eaten as a vegetable, known for its sweet taste and high vitamin A content.
- A promise of reward or incentive: Something offered to persuade someone to do something, often contrasted with a threat or punishment (the "stick").
- The plant producing this root: A biennial plant (Daucus carota) with feathery leaves, cultivated for its edible taproot.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Vegetable):
- She chopped a carrot for the soup.
- Carrots are good for your eyesight.
- Noun (Incentive):
- The company used the carrot of a bonus to improve productivity.
- The policy is a classic carrot and stick approach.
Advanced Usage
- "Carrot and stick": A strategy that combines the offer of a reward (the carrot) with the threat of punishment (the stick) to motivate behavior.
- The manager used a carrot and stick method to meet the project deadline.
Variants and Related Words
- Carroty (adj): Resembling a carrot, especially in color; used to describe bright orange-red hair.
- He has carroty hair.
Synonyms
- Incentive: Something that encourages action.
- Reward: A thing given in recognition of service or effort.
- Taproot: The main root of a plant (describing the vegetable's structure).
Related Phrases
- To dangle a carrot (before someone): To offer a reward to tempt someone.
- The recruiter dangled the carrot of a company car.
Related Idioms
- "The carrot or the stick": Refers to the choice between offering a reward or threatening punishment.
- When negotiating, you must decide whether to use the carrot or the stick.
Noun
- promise of reward as in "carrot and stick";
- used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote
- orange root; important source of carotene
- perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
- deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant